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A time to keep silence new york review books classics patrick leigh fermor karen armstrong on amazoncom free shipping on qualifying offers while still a teenager patrick leigh fermor made his way across europe as recounted in his classic memoirs. Sir patrick michael leigh fermor dso obe 11 february 1915 10 june 2011 also known as paddy fermor was a british author scholar soldier and polyglot who played a prominent role behind the lines in the cretan resistance during the second world war he was widely regarded as britains greatest living travel writer during his lifetime based on books such as a time of gifts 1977. A time of gifts on foot to constantinople from the hook of holland to the middle danube new york review books classics patrick leigh fermor jan morris on amazoncom free shipping on qualifying offers at the age of eighteen patrick leigh fermor set off from the heart of london on an epic journey to walk to constantinople a time of gifts i is the rich account of his adventures . Many of you will have had a lot of enjoyment reading michael osullivans excellent book patrick leigh fermor noble encounters between budapest and transylvania which was published in the summer michael gave an excellent presentation at the transylvanian book festival back in september. Francis carr begbie occidental observer feb 12 2014 dark albion by david abbott sparrow book publishers gbp10 there is a long and distinguished tradition of travel books by english authors such as patrick leigh fermor and colin thubron who travelled to exotic and distant lands and tell of the strange ways of the people who lived there